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April 2013

April 12, 2013

It’s Hard to Make Up Marriage

This month, Libby Anne and Dan Finke are asking bloggers to comment on the purpose...

January 2013

January 20, 2013

The Gay Marriage Debate I’m Looking Forward To

The Modern Love column that appears this week in The New York Times is written by...

January 14, 2013

You’ve Already Got Your Quest-Object!

One theme I didn't get to touch on in my discussion of Gary Thomas's The...

January 13, 2013

An Outward-Oriented Marriage

I received a free review copy of The Sacred Search by Gary Thomas as part of the Patheos Book...

October 2012

October 10, 2012

A Disquisition on the Nature of Love, or, Contra Ron/Hermione

See, this is exactly why I love culture-wide book clubs. I mention Harry Potter in...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

“Careful the wish you make, wishes come true. Not free”

Yesterday, in my review of inSignificant, I started teasing the next thread of the Sondheim Symposium....

July 2012

July 03, 2012

Baby and Mommy and Mommy and Daddy

Rod Dreher is upset about a bill in California that would allow a child to...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

You Got Your State in My Church! Well, You Got Your Church in My State!

Over in the Pagan Channel here at Patheos, I found an interesting religious liberty case....

June 26, 2012

And Speaking of Sample Size Problems…

Remember that study contrasting outcomes for children of gay parents with children in other kinds...

June 12, 2012

2012 Queer Blogathon [Index Post]

In June of 2012, I took one leg of the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon, promising...

June 11, 2012

What dating process would give rise to companionate marriages? [Blogathon 11/12]

This post is number eleven of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

Companionate Marriage for Everyone? [Blogathon 10/12]

This post is number ten of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

I’m ok with companionate marriage [Blogathon 9/12]

This post is number nine of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

Are Civil Rights Asymmetrical? [Blogathon 7/12]

This post is number seven of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

Let’s assume gay marriages were really worse, ctd… [Blogathon 6/12]

This post is number six of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

Let’s assume gay marriages were really worse… [Blogathon 5/12]

This post is number five of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

“We know where great sex is; we don’t know where great sex isn’t” [Blogathon 3/12]

This post is number three of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 08, 2012

Is there something rotten in the state of Denmark?

In my Catholic blog folder, I found a link to an Telegraph article that said...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Is Civil Marriage a Right?

Last week the European Court of Human Rights ruled that same-sex marriage is not a...

February 2012

February 21, 2012

Fancy a spot of Sharia law?

I've returned from AAAS (jet lag and all) and I'd like to take a crack...

February 16, 2012

Marriage Q&A

Now that the gay marriage debate with Matt has come to an end, I'd like...

February 14, 2012

Whaddya Wanna Get Married For?

Sorry this is late, but what could be better on Valentine's Day than pouring kerosene...

February 09, 2012

Divorce and the Doctrine of Individualism

This post is part of a debate on gay marriage. Matt led off with a post...

February 09, 2012

Leah’s Handy Guide to Not Letting Eros Destroy Philia

This post is part of a debate on gay marriage. I'm responding to Matt's post on gay...

February 08, 2012

When Men Treat Men Like Men Treat Women

This post is part of a debate on gay marriage. I'm responding to Matt's post on gay...

February 08, 2012

Weighing the Consequences of Gay Marriage

This post is part of a debate on gay marriage. I'm responding to Matt's post...

February 07, 2012

Gay Marriage and Male Friendship

This is a guest post for a debate on the consequences of gay marriage. The...

February 07, 2012

Debating Gay Marriage [Index Post]

There's a controversy brewing at my alma mater. As the kickoff to True Love Week (meant...

November 2011

November 01, 2011

The Matriarchy Trap

Kate Bolick's cover story for The Atlantic on living with the poor marriage prospects for...

October 2011

October 10, 2011

Retronymic Marriage

Temporary marriage (no, not that kind) has been all over the news since some Mexico...